[Young Werther]

Ed Wallace hosts a Saturday Talk Show on KLIF in Dallas. His forte is cars, having been a car salesman and car critic for Car and Driver Magazine. He also happens to be an ad hoc historian and economist.

Ed Wallace

He has predicted the demise of the communist regime for one simple reason. Automobiles!, (actually Democracy throught Capitalism). Under the "Old" communist regime your could not leave your neighborhood except to go to work. Other travel had to be approved by the political leader of your block who would issue you a travel permit. Today China is the second largest importer of oil to fuel their industries AND their auto fleet.

With autos comes the freedom to travel and travel permits become obsolete. As income levels have risen the demand for SUVs have increased. Ed Wallace's prediction that Democracy will replace the current government structure is coming to pass.

[tallhappy]

Good idea. But they still don't have freeways and roads to do much with a car.

I agree with his point of view.

[winodog]

That might work except the powers in charge will just cut off the oil when want to exert power.

[concrete is my business]

I like that thought.

With cars comes fun too, quite liberating. :0)

However, people are still pretty much defenseless.

Traffic can be controlled.